Dominance (ethology)
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Dominance (ethology) can be defined as an "individual's preferential access to resources over another". Dominance in the context of biology and anthropology is the state of having high social status relative to one or more other individuals, who react submissively to dominant individuals. This enables the dominant individual to obtain access to resources such as food or access to potential mates, at the expense of the submissive individual, without active aggression. The opposite of dominance is submissiveness. Dominance may be established by fighting, or merely by threatening displays or interchanges; once established, however, dominance relationships may reduce the level of aggression between the individuals concerned.
See also
- Aggression
- Alpha male
- Competetiveness
- Display (zoology)
- Domination
- Hypergamy
- Learned helplessness
- Pecking order
